Consumer Subsidies in India

Is Targeting Effective

Bibliographic Data

ID3884010
AuthorsShikha Jha (0009-0009-3177-554X, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, corresponding author)
Year1992
Volume23
Issue4
Pages101-128
Publication date1992-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDevelopment and Change (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0012-155X • E-ISSN: 1467-7660
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-7660.1992.tb00471.x
OpenAlexW2087386321
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited13

This article analyses the effectiveness of self-targeting in the Indian public distribution system and shows that implicit targeting leaves considerable scope for improvement. There is a wastage of the associated consumer subsidy in the sense that a substantial amount goes to the non-targeted population while a part of the deserving population is left out of the scheme for various reasons. Hence, it is worth diverting resources to goods which are better targeted from goods which are poorly targeted. That is, even if targeting cannot be improved, switching of subsidies both between goods and areas can lead to improved distribution of subsidies to the poor

Biology · Business · Distribution (mathematics) · Economics · Food security · Market economy · Microeconomics · Population · Public distribution system · Public economics · Public good · Scope (computer science) · Subsidy · Computer Science · Economic Theory and Policy · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Social and Economic Development in India

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